Betta Help Needed! (With Pictures!)

Help! I went to the pet store today, and bought a betta. The lady said they had just been treated for fungus, cause one of them had it. The didn't have a light over the tank so i couldn't see this, but when i took my betta home, i saw that he has this white, almost powdery stuff on his face. What should i do. i know i can take him back, but i would prefer to fix him. what is wrong with my fish??? Please Help!

EEWW!!! That looks terrible like a very very bad case of ick or either a fungus of some kind. My gold fish had a fungus thing going on about a year ago but I went to the fish store and got some tablets that I put in the tank and it cleared up finally.

Go to a fish store and maybe you can tell them what happened, it would be a good idea to bring your picture to the store and show them and hopefully they can show you wat to get to help your betta!

You could also get some ick drops to be on the safe side just incase that's what it is--I've never seen a fish with that bad of ick though. ick drops aren't harmful though even if the fish doesn't have any so go ahead if you want to and put some in with him, but make sure not to put too many if you do.

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It could be from some kind of medicines they had going on in the tanks for them, and now since you've brought him home and put him in some fresh clean water it's all fading away and disappearing. I hope that's what it is--I hope he's ok.

Is he swimming/eating ok on his own? I think I have seen this before a few years ago on a few bettas at Wal~Mart. No offense to Wal~Mart but they don't seem to care for their fish very properly and lots of them die and have ick and stuff wrong with them all the time. Where did you get your betta??

Give it til tomorrow maybe and if it's not any better by then it probably won't get better unless you get some medicine. I'm still thinking maybe ick drops might help???

*Some people come into your life and quickly go, but some leave footprints on your heart and you are never the same*
*We only fall so we can learn to pick ourselves back up*
*Life is not measured by the amount of breaths we take but by those that take our breath away*
*Life is made of millions of moments, but we live only one of these at a time. As we begin to change this moment we begin to change our lives*

He does look better....that's good ...
I get my ick drops at wal mart. They come in a small bottle usually with a red lid on top. They don't come in a box or anything, you just get a bottle. The ick drops are blue and it says ick drops on the front of the bottle.

Is he eating??

*Some people come into your life and quickly go, but some leave footprints on your heart and you are never the same*
*We only fall so we can learn to pick ourselves back up*
*Life is not measured by the amount of breaths we take but by those that take our breath away*
*Life is made of millions of moments, but we live only one of these at a time. As we begin to change this moment we begin to change our lives*

WOW! I can't believe how much better he looks! YAY!!! I'm so happy for you both!! I was really afraid he wasn't gonna make it but he looks like he's recovering finally! I'm sure he'll be alright now

I didn't know you had 3 bettas, so do I They are very addicting!!! LOL
I love Red bettas--they are my fav! I have one red, one blue/white, and one that is a very very dark blue. Their names are Barney, Rex & Andy!

How about Lucky since he is very lucky that he got better!!

*Some people come into your life and quickly go, but some leave footprints on your heart and you are never the same*
*We only fall so we can learn to pick ourselves back up*
*Life is not measured by the amount of breaths we take but by those that take our breath away*
*Life is made of millions of moments, but we live only one of these at a time. As we begin to change this moment we begin to change our lives*

Not sure if I know of any tough names, what about Survivor? A bit of a mouth-full when you say it, but it's a strong name

How about Archilles? say it like (AR-KA-LEES) If you've seen or heard of the movie Troy then you'll know who I mean. He's a really tough guy on the movie and also there are books/stories about it.

*Some people come into your life and quickly go, but some leave footprints on your heart and you are never the same*
*We only fall so we can learn to pick ourselves back up*
*Life is not measured by the amount of breaths we take but by those that take our breath away*
*Life is made of millions of moments, but we live only one of these at a time. As we begin to change this moment we begin to change our lives*

*Some people come into your life and quickly go, but some leave footprints on your heart and you are never the same*
*We only fall so we can learn to pick ourselves back up*
*Life is not measured by the amount of breaths we take but by those that take our breath away*
*Life is made of millions of moments, but we live only one of these at a time. As we begin to change this moment we begin to change our lives*